NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 2 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Shaw Bonds, Mahauganee D.; Newstetter, Wendy C.; Kukura, Madison; Desai, Megha; Le Doux, Joseph – Journal on Excellence in College Teaching, 2020
Group projects center learning as a collaborative process, but they often produce mixed results in terms of student commitment and final products. The authors outline their experience with a course designed to engage undergraduate biomedical engineering students in a semester-long group experience and share data from their students' analyses of…
Descriptors: Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), Problem Based Learning, Cooperative Learning, Instructional Effectiveness
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Marra, Rose M.; Jonassen, David H.; Palmer, Betsy; Luft, Steve – Journal on Excellence in College Teaching, 2014
Problem-based learning (PBL) is an instructional method where student learning occurs in the context of solving an authentic problem. PBL was initially developed out of an instructional need to help medical school students learn their basic sciences knowledge in a way that would be more lasting while helping to develop clinical skills…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Teaching Methods, Problem Solving, Constructivism (Learning)